Physical Education - Department of Education

Physical education
Sample weekly program
Grade 5 Term 1
Week 5
Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
8.00 – 8.15 Assembly
8.15 – 10.00
(105 mins)
Language
Highlight what
they know (K),
want to know
(W) and what
they have learnt
(L) about good
practices for
safety (E)
30mins
Mathematics
Measure and
convert
distances in
metres and
kilometres using
a given scale
45mins
Community
Living
Explain
standards of
acceptable
behaviour
30 mins
Health
Listen to and outline
important aspects of
basic first aid from a
guest speaker
30 mins
Language
Do a recount of a
guest speaker’s
presentation on
how to apply basic
first aid in an
emergency
situation (E)
45 mins
Mathematics
Use appropriate
units to measure
distances and
perimeters
30 mins
Environmental
Studies
Describe acceptable
behaviour and
practices that
promote and sustain
resources
30 mins
Arts
Draw signs and
symbols for safe
and unsafe
situations
45 mins
Mathematics
Use appropriate
formal units to
estimate and
measure areas
30 mins
Religious
Education
60 min
Mathematics
Select
appropriate
units to
calculate areas
of squares
45 mins
Language
Make a big
book about a
plant they
like in the
community
30 mins
Mathematics
Solve simple
word
problems
from real life
situations
such as the
area of a
garden
30 mins
Language
Write stories
about
incidents
that they
have heard
or witnessed
and how
they got help
U
45 mins
10.00 – 1030 R ecess
10.30 – 12.00
(90 mins)
Language
Identify words or
phrases for
vocabulary
development
that deal with
unsafe
situations (E)
30 mins
Environmental
Studies
Describe safe
and unsafe
signs for various
situations in the
environment (V)
30 mins
Language
Write a poem
about safety in
the school
Community Living
Explain the benefits
of having standards
of behaviour
30 mins
Environmental
Studies
Conduct a survey
to discover unsafe
or bad practices
that harm the
environment and
good practices
that help the
environment (V)
60 mins
Language
Assessment task
Write a report to
outline ways to
improve and
promote safety in
different physical
activities
45 mins
Health
Discuss what a
person can do in an
emergency situation
to keep a victim
comfortable while
assistance is
sought. The
emergency may be
the result of injury,
snake bite, malaria
or burns (V)
45 mins
Community
Living
Discuss how
people develop
standards of
behaviour such
as unwritten
rules at home
45 mins
Environmental
Studies
Draw and label
plants that help
us in various
ways
45 mins
Language
Shared
reading of
various
journals
45 mins
Community
Living
Discuss
standards of
behaviour for
different
groups
45 mins
30 mins
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